Intel HD graphics on Haswell, can 1150 mobo DVI port output HDMI audio? YES!

[VirtualLarry]

ATI could do this starting with their HD2000-series PCI-E cards, by bundling a special DVI-to-HDMI dongle. Supposedly modern NV cards can too.

My question is, can modern Intel IGPs do this as well? Does anyone know?

I picked up two of those Newegg $80 G3258 OCing combos, but the cheaper H81 board bundled only has VGA and DVI. If I could use one of the AMD dongles, or a DVI-to-HDMI cable, that supposedly carries audio when used with NV cards, that I also picked up, it would be great.

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/26-ho...ll-h87-chipset-audio-video-over-dvi-hdmi.html

renethx
DVI supports audio with every ASRock mb I know of.

So I guess it's possible. I'll just have to try it.

Edit: I got my G3258 / GA-H81M-DS2V combo assembled and Windows 7 64-bit installed.
Playing around with some overclocking, but I was indeed able to get the DVI port on this board to output HDMI audio, and my 24" Westinghouse HDTV recognizes it as an HDMI connection on the OSD. Great!

 

[Seba]

Instead of a motherboard without HDMI and a DVI-HDMI adapter, why not buy a motherboard with HDMI in the first place? The price difference is minimal (if any).

 

[VirtualLarry]

Actually, since this was a Newegg special combo deal, the price difference for a different mobo would have been rather substantial. The cost of the mobo in this deal was around $10.

 

[Seba]

For $10 I'll buy a 1150 motherboard too, even if it does not have HDMI.